business meaning and definition

BUSINESS noun

Definition of business (noun)

1. a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
   • "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern"
   • synonyms: business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern
2. the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
   • "computers are now widely used in business"
   • synonyms: business enterprise, commercial enterprise
3. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
   • "he's not in my line of business"
   • synonyms: job, line, line of work, occupation
4. a rightful concern or responsibility
   • "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business"
5. an immediate objective
   • "gossip was the main business of the evening"
6. the volume of commercial activity
   • "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today"
7. business concerns collectively
   • "Government and business could not agree"
   • synonyms: business sector
8. customers collectively
   • "they have an upper class clientele"
   • synonyms: clientele, patronage
9. incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
   • "his business with the cane was hilarious"
   • synonyms: byplay, stage business